Electronic voting in Brazil

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Electronic voting was first introduced to Brazil in 1996, with the first tests carried out in the state of Santa Catarina. The primary design goal of the voting machine (Portuguese: urna eletrônica) is extreme simplicity, the model being a public phone booth. The voting machines perform three steps – voter identification, secure voting, and tallying – in a single process, aiming to eliminate fraud based on forged or falsified public documents.^{[citation needed]} Political parties have access to the voting machine's programs before the election for auditing.

As of 2023^[update], Brazil is the only country in the world to conduct its elections entirely through electronic voting.^[1]